1) On which sport has Vladimir Putin released an instructional DVD? #twubquiz
2) Which TV writer created the series Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly? #twubquiz 3) What is the primary ingredient of Tahini? #twubquiz
4) Which disease led to the deaths of Paul Gauguin, Scott Joplin and Al Capone? #twubquiz
5) Name two of the three types of blade used in modern competitive fencing. #twubquiz 6) The monarchy of which country was abolished on 8 December 1974? #twubquiz
7) How many eyes are there on a pack of 52 cards? #twubquiz
8) Parker & Barrow are the surnames of which historical duo? #twubquiz
9) What is the family name of Monaco’s royal family? #twubquiz
10) Which English city was called Aquae Sulis in Roman times? #twubquiz
Round 2 - Entertainment & Culture
1) What was the name of Brad Pitt’s character in Fight Club? #twubquiz
2) Who does the voice of Chef in South Park? #twubquiz
3) Dr Kay Scarpetta is the invention of which crime writer? #twubquiz
4) What was the first name of the sculptor Rodin? #twubquiz
5) Parsifal and Tristan und Isolde are works by which composer? #twubquiz
6) Who directed Midnight Express, Fame and Mississippi Burning? #twubquiz
7) Which American humorist invented the town of Lake Wobegone? #twubquiz
8) Otello, Falstaff and Rigoletto are operas by which composer? #twubquiz
9) What instrument did jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton play? #twubquiz
10) What must you do to be honoured with an award by Wendy Northcutt? #twubquiz
Round 3 - Pictures
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Round 4 - True Or False?
1) Writer John Grisham is Bill Clinton's cousin. T/F? #twubquiz
2) The 'Birdseye' frozen food company is named after Clarence Birdseye. T/F? #twubquiz
3) Tokyo is further north than New York. T/F? #twubquiz
4) “Love Me Tender” was Elvis Presley’s first film. T/F? #twubquiz
5) Down’s Syndrome is caused by an extra copy of Chromosome 22. T/F? #twubquiz
6) 'Biosphere 1' is an ecological test project in a glass dome in Arizona. T/F? #twubquiz
7) Wakame is a dialect of Cantonese. T/F? #twubquiz
8) The Wright Brothers made their first powered flight in a plane called the Wright Flyer. T/F? #twubquiz
9) Evel Knievel’s real name was Robert Craig Knievel. T/F? #twubquiz
10) Rolf Harris was Australian Junior breaststroke champion. T/F? #twubquiz
Round 5 - Geography
1) Name any 2 countries other than Pakistan which border Afghanistan. #twubquiz
2) Easter Island belongs to which country? #twubquiz
3) In which ocean is Christmas Island? #twubquiz
4) Brunei has a land border with which country? #twubquiz
5) Before it joined the Euro, what was the currency of Portugal? #twubquiz
6) How many avenues radiate from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris? #twubquiz
7) In what year were Native Americans given U.S. citizenship? (±2) #twubquiz
8) In which city will the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final be played #twubquiz
9) On which river does Prague stand? #twubquiz
10) Name any 2 countries which border Bolivia. #twubquiz
Answers
Round1
1) Judo
2) Joss Whedon
3) Sesame seeds
4) Syphillis
5) Foil, epee, sabre
6) Greece
7) 42
8) Bonnie & Clyde
9) Grimaldi
10) Bath
Round 2
1) Tyler Duerden
2) Isaac Haayes
3) Patricia Cornwell
4) Auguste
5) Richard Wagner
6) Alan Parker
7) Garrison Keillor
8) Verdi
9) Piano
10) Die stupidly – she created The Darwin Awards
Round 3 Pictures
1) F.D. Roosevelt
2) Doris Day
3) Buffalo Bill Cody
4) Jesse Owens
5) Dan Quayle
6) O.J. Simpson
7) Neville Chamberlain
8) George Bernard Shaw
9) Ella Fitzgerald
10) Yehudi Menuhin
Round 4
1) True
2) True
3) False - Tokyo is 35°N, New York is 40°N
4) True
5) False - It's Chromosome 21
6) False - Biosphere 2 is - No1 is the Earth.
7) False – It’s a type of seaweed
8) True
9) True
10) False - He was Australian Junior 110 yards Backstroke Champion in 1946
Round 5
1) Iran; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; China;
2) Chile
3) Indian Ocean
4) Malaysia
5) Portuguese Escudo
6) 12
7) 1924
8) Johannesburg
9) Vltava
10) Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru
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